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Australia Tour Dates – Nov 2018

Great to be finally able to announce the full list of dates for my Australian tour in November:

Fri 09th: Melbourne / One Nite In A Disco @ Chasers

Sat 10th: Wisemans Ferry NSW / Return To Rio Festival

Sun 11th: Brisbane / Credit To The Edit @ XCargo

Sat 17th: Sydney / Credit To The Edit @ Manning Bar

Sun 18th: Perth / Credit To The Edit @ Rosemount Hotel

In addition to this, I’ll be participating at the Sydney Electronic Music Conference on Wed 14th / Thurs 15th alongside the likes of Gilles Peterson, Sasha and Canadian band / DJs BLOND:ISH. This will include a Q&A after the screening of the documentary ‘Manchester Keeps On Dancing’.

It’s my first Australian tour since Dec ’14 / Jan ’15, the highlight then undoubtedly the Lost Paradise Festival in Glenworth Valley, about an hour outside Sydney. This time around there’ll be another festival appearance, again a similar distance from Sydney, at Wisemans Ferry where Return To Rio is staged. This year’s line-up includes Sasha, Skream, Roni Size, Lee Burridge and Late Nite Tuff Guy, who, in addition to my own slot, I’ll be playing back to back with for an hour.

Late Nite Tuff Guy is a constant feature at all the gigs I play. The tour kicks off with a guest appearance at his One Nite In A Disco residency in Melbourne, before LNTG (and a further guest TBA), join me for a series of Credit To The Edit dates in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth. We also have local support from Flex Cop & Brett J (Brisbane), The Owl (Sydney, who’ll also be joining LNTG & I in Melbourne) and Casual Connection & Super Giant (Perth). The Sydney date is part of the wider Rio Revel, linked to the festival, and also features Sasha.

Being a DJ

I’m a DJ from Merseyside. I started out in 1975, but stopped for almost 20 years, between 1984 and the end of 2003, at which point I started again.

One night during the period I wasn’t deejaying, turning off my mind, relaxing, and floating downstream I had what might be termed a moment of clarity. Paradoxically, although I was no longer a DJ in the literal sense I suddenly became aware that I’d never actually stopped being a DJ, for even if I was in a room with just one person I couldn’t help but ask them ‘have you heard this?’, and not only ‘heard’, but ‘have you seen this / read this?’, for it goes beyond music. Already taken somewhat aback by this nugget of self-discovery, I realised, in true eureka style, that this all pre-dates my being a DJ and goes back as far as I can remember – I’ve always had an inherent need to share, it’s absolutely central to my nature. This was quite a revelation.

So it’s no wonder that I became a Disc Jockey, for once I fell in love with those circular pieces of magical plastic during my formative years, it wasn’t a matter of choosing this as a path, the path pretty much chose me.

I don’t intend this to be a DJ blog as such, but more a blog by someone who happens to be a DJ – a place where personal emphasis takes precedence over professional, although, as I’ve already explained, the two aspects are, of course, inescapably entwined.